Editing Flamethrower (section)

=== 19th century ===
Although flamethrowers were never used in the [[American Civil War]], "Greek Fire" shells were produced and used by Union troops during the [[Second Battle of Charleston Harbor]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Hasegawa |first1=Guy R. |title=Proposals for Chemical Weapons during the American Civil War |journal=Military Medicine |date=5 May 2008 |volume=173 |issue=5 |pages=499–506 |publisher=Oxford University Press|doi=10.7205/MILMED.173.5.499 |pmid=18543573 |s2cid=25643354 |doi-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Symonds |first1=Craig L. |title=The Civil War at Sea |date=2012 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-993168-2 |pages=166–167 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qpIYke2ZehIC |language=en}}</ref>

During the 1871 siege of Paris, French chemist [[Marcellin Berthelot]] suggested pumping flaming petroleum at Prussian troops.<ref name=":3" />

In 1898 Russian captain Sigern-Korn experimented with burning jets of kerosene for defensive use; in theory in they would be fired from parapets of fortifications. The idea was abandoned due to technical issues<ref>{{Cite web |title=Огнеметное оружие Великой войны. Ч. 1. В поисках "огнедышащего дракона" |url=https://btgv.ru/arms/flamethrower-weapon-of-the-great-war-part-1-in-search-of-the-fire-breathing-dragon/ |access-date=2023-12-16 |website=btgv.ru}}</ref>